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Rambaramp ancestor figure
(c. 1960)

Medium
earth pigments on clay and fibre, bamboo, feathers

Measurements
100.0 × 25.0 × 45.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Fenn Hinchcliffe, Member, 2006

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Malekula Island / Banks Island, Vanuatu

Accession Number
2006.31

Department
Pacific Art

Physical description
The sculpture made with a papier-maché-like paste of fibre and clay, laid over a frame of bamboo frame, wood and decorated with colour schemes of body designs and feathers specific to the member's particular grade. Men grading ceremonies are performed in which a man can acquire a number of grades (status) in a life time.